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Pregnancy in the sun
By Maria Muennich on 19/06/2010 in Pregnancy health & safety
The how and why of protecting your pregnancy skin and staying cool when the temperatures rise
and reapply frequently. You may find that your skin is sensitive to your usual sunscreen, and becomes irritated, so you might need to change brands. There are plenty of chemical-free sunscreens out there, which should be less likely to cause a skin reaction
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Understanding Ectopic pregnancy
By ThinkBaby on 11/09/2009 in Pregnancy illness & complications
What is an ectopic pregnancy, how is it treated and how will it affect my future fertility?
with her without knowing what it isShoulder-tip pain - displaced pain in the tip of the shoulder may be caused by internal bleeding irritating the diaphragmLow HcG levels - in ectopic pregnancies the pregnancy hormone HcG often increases at a significantly
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What is an episiotomy?
By Maria Muennich on 28/08/2008 in Scans, tests and classes
How and when this surgical cut during labour is performed, why it may sometimes be considered necessary and what you can do to avoid having one
- don't rub your stitches as this will irritate the healing area, but do make sure that the area is dry before dressing.Exercise your pelvic floor - as soon as you can after the birth. Kegel exercises help speed up recovery by increasing blood flow
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Troubleshooting: Breastfeeding
By Debra Stottor on 01/12/2008 in Breast and bottle feeding
It isn't always easy but if you can get over a few hurdles, breastfeeding is great for baby and for you. Here are a few tips for common concerns
. If it is the same, you might have to cut out these irritant foods until you finish breastfeeding.For more on this, read Your Diet and Breastfeeding and Foods to Avoid when Breastfeeding.My breasts feel full before each feed but my baby starts crying and pulling away
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Naming your baby - hints and tips
By Maria Muennich on 14/12/2009 in Your baby and you
Things to think about when choosing a name for your new baby
it is to be mispronounced and misspelt. This might not bother you so much, but always needing to spell out and correct a name may be a source of irritation for your child by adulthood. If you do give your child an unusual first name it's not a bad idea to give him or her a
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Braxton Hicks @ 18 wks
By carrie on 27/11/2007 in forum
Has anyone else started with them?
. It was diagnosed as pre-term labour due to a UTI and they stopped with medications thankfully. I just wanted to share this as the mws at hospital said that getting BHs that early was not the norm and it was likely i have an irritable uterus. I'm not sure if its
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Baby development: The fourth year
By ThinkBaby on 06/11/2007 in Baby development
How your child develops between the ages of three and four
year or so. Not all three-year-olds will leave temper tantrums behind however, and even the most cooperative of children may have phases where they become more awkward and irritable. It's quite common for toddlers to go through a willful and difficult
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Cerazette mini-pill
By Rach, Abi & Jasper on 11/07/2012 in forum
What experiences have people had with this? Mine hasn't been great!
periods altogether. So I started taking the pill on the first day of my last period and it was a normal period. Anyway a couple of days in to the packet and my mood changed and I felt constantly grumpy and irritable and my libido has practically dropped
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It takes two, baby?
By Kaybee on 22/02/2011 in forum
to breast feed, I was crying every time baby cried and he'd have to stop both of us crying!I really think men's brains are wired up differently to womens when it comes to babies, even now he still irritates me as he seems able to shut out any crying
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PND - any one want to talk about it?
By JM (Maria) on 13/02/2009 in forum
Just diagnosed with PND!
-tempered, ungracious about accepting any help, overwhelming tiredness, feeling very angry, irritable, frustrated, sad, restless! I tend to have a cycle of everything irritating me to an extreme level, which leads to immense anger resulting in irrational outbursts
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